Dear MathGroupers,
Is it possible to have a background colour for a plot that only affects the
area inside the frame? The normal Background option also colours the area
under the frame and axes numbers in the background colour, which is not what
I want. I can fake the effect by drawing a rectangle with the same
dimensions as the PlotRange (see example code below), but then white
gridlines on a grey background are impossible.
For reference, the kinds of graph styles I am trying to replicate are the
two (slightly different) styles shown in the following links. I would thus
also be grateful for suggestions on how to manipulate the tick length, and
how to get different left and right vertical scales on the same plot.
http://www.bis.org/publ/arpdf/ar2007e2.pdfhttp://www.bis.org/publ/qtrpdf/r_qt0706a.pdf
Many thanks,
Luci Ellis
*** Mathematica example code ***
BISLineGraph[data : {{__Real} ..}, {rangemin_, rangemax_}, opts___Rule] /;
rangemin < rangemax && Length[data] < 9 :=
With[{numseries = Length[data], numpoints = Dimensions[data][[2]],
datamax = Max[Join @@ data], datamin = Min[Join @@ data]},
Show[{ListLinePlot[data, Frame -> True, PlotRange -> {rangemin, rangemax},
AxesOrigin -> {numpoints, 0},
PlotStyle -> Table[Directive[{BISLineColours[[i]],
AbsoluteThickness[2]}], {i, numseries}],
FrameTicks -> {Automatic, Automatic, None, Automatic},
GridLinesStyle -> Directive[GrayLevel[0.9], AbsoluteThickness[1]],
GridLines -> {None, Automatic},
FrameStyle -> Directive[FontFamily -> "Arial", FontSize -> 11] ,
opts], Graphics[{GrayLevel[0.2], Opacity[0.1], Rectangle[{-0.5, rangemin},
{numpoints + .5, rangemax }]} ]} ]]
Where BISLineColours is a list of RGBColor directives.